Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lyea Marfers, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Lyea Marfers registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 17, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Lyea Marfers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lyea Marfers
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsLyea Marfers reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 43 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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